Community Life

CLARK, NJ – Recreation Director Ralph Bernardo made the recommendation to cancel Clark Recreation’s Summer Camp for the 2020 season in an address to the Town Council on Monday evening.  In his address, Bernardo said there were too many safety concerns for children and many limitations put in place by New Jersey’s government officials that make camp impractical this ...

CLARK. NJ -  The physical doors of Clark's Library are still closed but the staff has been busy providing many opportunities for the community to stay entertained, educated and in touch throughout the pandemic.   

The library plans to re-open when the governor eases restrictions.   In the meantime, officials said that all items currently checked out from the ...

CLARK, NJ – Summer camps can open according to an announcement from Governor Murphy on Friday during his daily briefing.   According to Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso and Clark Recreation Director Ralph Bernardo, parents should not start celebrating just yet.

“It’s like I am telling you that I’m letting you out of jail,” said Bonaccorso. “But not ...

CLARK, NJ - In his briefing Thursday, Governor Murphy put names, faces and stories to several New Jerseyans lost to COVID-19 recently.    One was former Clark resident Martin Kennedy, 76, who died earlier this month from complications caused by the virus.

According to Murphy, Kennedy worked at the former Hyatt Roller Bearing in Clark before heading off to a 20-year career at ...

CLARK, NJ - Although the 2020 Memorial Day Parade was canceled due to the need to maintain social distance and restrict large public gatherings, the spirit of the day carries on in the tributes to those soldiers who died in active military service to their country. 

Retired Clark Police Officer, William Duffy, spent years researching each of Clark's fallen heroes and has ...

CLARK, NJ - According to town officials the Wednesday recycling pick-up schedule will continue through at least June.  The schedule is:

Zone 1—Wednesday, May 20 

Zone 2—Wednesday, May 27

Zone 1—Wednesday, June 3

Zone 2—Wednesday, June 10

Zone 1—Wednesday, June 17 

Zone 2—Wednesday, June 24

Schedules for the coming ...

CLARK, NJ – With traditional graduation ceremonies and related festivities scrapped because of social distancing measures, parents and the community at large must look for alternative ways to celebrate the Class of 2020. This year, TAPinto Clark is offering a special opportunity to highlight individual graduates in the local community this spring. 

Your graduate can be highlighted ...

CLARK, NJ – Some local children have been busy beautifying an area of town recently.  The Bear Den of Cub Scout Pack 145  worked with others to plant flowers and spruce up a section of land between Miller and Westfield Avenues.   The den got the work done with the help of a Wolf, Tiger and a Brownie too.

The Pack has been planting flowers in preparation of ...

CLARK, NJ — The town saw a snowfall Saturday — a notably unusual occurrence for May.

In fact, it’s historic, according to Bill Goodman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service who, referencing the figures for nearby Newark Airport, located in Union County, said the last time this happened was in 1977.

“That ties the all-time record for the latest ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Facebook recently added a “care” emoji of a yellow face hugging a heart to help users show support for each other while they are apart during the pandemic, the platform announced.

It comes at an ideal time as local residents responding to the pandemic have taken to Facebook with their humor, uplifting tales and information about COVID-19 in a series of ...